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2011 National Healthcare Quality and Disparities Reports

The National Healthcare Quality Report (NHQR) is a comprehensive national overview of quality of health care in the United States. It is organized around four dimensions of quality of care: effectiveness, patient safety, timeliness, and patient centeredness.

Table 14_1_1.3_1Adults who had a doctor's office or clinic visit in the last 6 months whose doctor sometimes or never listened carefully, explained things clearly, respected what they had to say, and spent enough time with them, Medicaid, by State, 2010

State

Percent

SE

Arizona

15.2

1.9

California

17.7

0.6

Colorado

10.8

1.3

Connecticut

13.4

2.7

Delaware

11.7

1.9

District of Columbia

13.3

2.4

Florida

13.5

0.7

Hawaii

11.2

0.8

Indiana

16.1

2.6

Kansas

13.2

1.4

Maryland

13.4

0.8

Massachusetts

10.2

0.8

Michigan

14.0

0.6

Minnesota

5.4

0.3

Missouri

11.4

1.5

Nebraska

9.9

1.6

New Jersey

11.5

1.5

New Mexico

10.5

1.4

New York

13.4

0.5

Ohio

12.6

0.7

Oklahoma

15.8

1.7

Oregon

12.4

1.8

Pennsylvania

11.7

0.7

Puerto Rico

17.0

2.1

Rhode Island

10.6

1.2

South Carolina

11.1

1.3

Tennessee

13.5

1.2

Texas

10.1

4.7

Virginia

13.5

1.3

Washington

12.3

1.0

West Virginia

14.4

1.8

Wisconsin

10.1

1.7

Key: SE: standard error.

Source: Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Center for Quality Improvement and Patient Safety, National CAHPS Benchmarking Database.